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    Best Battery-Powered Snow Blowers

    Check out these impressive cordless electric snow blowers from CR’s tests

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    Cordless electric snow blowers, which are powered by batteries, do not require gasoline or oil, and demand less maintenance.

    Consumer Reports has been testing battery-powered snow blowers for more than six years. Over that time period these tools, which are sometimes called cordless or cordless electric snow blowers, or snow throwers, have been improving by leaps and bounds.

    “Battery snow blowers are really nipping at the heels of comparably sized gas models, and they offer advantages that gas snow blowers can’t match,” says Dave Trezza, who oversees CR’s snow blower tests.

    Chief among them is that cordless snow blowers need neither gasoline nor oil, not to mention engine maintenance. They also start instantly with the push of a button and tend to run much quieter than gas models. They’re lighter and easier to handle, too.

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    But battery snow blowers aren’t for everyone. They come mostly in a single-stage configuration (there are only seven two-stage models currently in our ratings), and they can’t plow as much snow. They can move 6 to 9 inches of snow per pass, while some of the bigger gas snow blowers can handle snow that’s 18 inches deep in one pass. 

    For a deep dive on the differences among types—and to learn why we use water-saturated sawdust to test snow blowers—check out our snow blower buying guide.

    Below, CR members can read ratings and reviews of the four best battery-powered snow blowers from our tests. We’ve also included one power snow shovel for those who need to clear decks or small patios of a few inches of the white stuff. For even more options, see our complete snow blower ratings, which include more than 65 models in six configurations.

    Best Battery Snow Blowers

    Best Battery Snow Shovel

    Snow Blowers 101

    Not sure what the difference is between a single-stage snow blower and a two- or three-stage model? On the “Consumer 101” TV show, CR expert Dave Trezza explains to show host Jack Rico everything you need to know about these snow-clearing machines.

    Paul Hope

    As a classically trained chef and an enthusiastic DIYer, I've always valued having the best tool for a job—whether the task at hand is dicing onions for mirepoix or hanging drywall. When I'm not writing about home products, I can be found putting them to the test, often with help from my two young children, in the 1860s townhouse I'm restoring in my free time.

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